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Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX),
the global interconnection
and data center company, today announced a $43 million investment to
build its fourth International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center,
TY4, in Ōtemachi, Tokyo. The new facility will meet strong demand for
Equinix’s premium data center services in the Ōtemachi area and provide
customers with a broad choice of network connectivity options for their
business.

Highlights / Key Facts

The new TY4 IBX
data center will be launched in two phases, providing total
capacity of 750 cabinet equivalents. The first phase, scheduled to
open in the third quarter of 2013, will offer initial capacity of 450
cabinet equivalents. TY4 will have direct fiber connectivity to
Equinix's three other IBX data centers in the city, which will further
facilitate customer interconnections.

Japan is experiencing high demand for data center services. According
to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the data center
outsourcing market in Japan will reach a size of 1.4 trillion yen
(US$20 billion) in 2015. The market will have a compound annual growth
rate (CAGR) of 8.6 percent between 2010 and 2015. In addition, the
colocation market in Japan will have a CAGR of 4.2 percent in the same
period of time, reaching 742.6 billion yen (US$9.26 billion) in 2015.

Ōtemachi is an international financial center and the Internet
Exchange hub in Japan, with 90 percent of Internet traffic being
exchanged in the area. More than 4,000 large enterprises and financial
firms are headquartered in Ōtemachi, with approximately 10 percent
listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. With limited
real estate options, Equinix enlisted the help of Mitsubishi Estate,
one of the leading real estate developers in Japan to assist in
finding an ideal location for TY4.

Strategically located in the heart of Tokyo’s business district,
Equinix will offer its customers the ability to connect to an
established ecosystem of existing and potential customers and
partners; provide financial companies with close proximity to the
major financial exchanges in the Japanese capital; enable Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) and content providers to reduce IP transit
costs and improve end user experience for their customers via
Equinix’s Internet Exchange.

By leveraging Platform
Equinix™ and its rich ecosystem,
current and prospective customers can quickly expand their businesses
to new markets, such as Japan, with the assurance of receiving the
same level of service quality and performance.

Quotes

Kei
Furuta, managing director, Equinix Japan K.K.:“Tokyo
is a strategic market for Equinix as it is one of the largest data
center markets worldwide and a primary gateway for traffic from the
U.S. to Asia. We believe our expanded presence in Japan will give our
customers greater access to global network connectivity and capitalize
on the opportunities presented by the Japanese market. We would like
to thank Mitsubishi Estate for its support in securing ‘Otemachi
Financial City’ for our TY4 data center.”

Tetsuo Yuasa, executive officer, general
manager, Office Leasing and Tenant Relations Department, Mitsubishi
Estate Co., LTD:“Over the years, we have been
striving to make the Marunouchi and Ōtemachi area a world-class
business district by leading a significant redevelopment project.
Otemachi Financial City opened in October of this year as the
international business core, including financial services. We are
enormously pleased to help Equinix establish its premium data center
extending its global footprint, which we believe will help foster the
information communication development of the city and Japan as a
whole.”

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), connects more than 4,000 companies
directly to their customers and partners inside the world’s most
networked data centers. Today, businesses leverage the Equinix
interconnection platform in 31 strategic markets across the Americas,
EMEA and Asia-Pacific. www.equinix.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that
might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the
challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and
developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated
costs or difficulties relating to the integration of companies we have
acquired or will acquire into Equinix; a failure to receive significant
revenue from customers in recently built out or acquired data centers;
failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to
time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or
outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key
customers; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see
Equinix’s recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from
Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the
forward-looking information contained in this press release.

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